| Event: | Wheelchair basketball |
| Games: | 2020 Summer |
| Venue: | Ariake Arena Musashino Forest Sport Plaza |
| Dates: | 25 August – 5 September 2021 |
| Competitors: | 144 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2020 Summer Paralympics men's tournament in Tokyo began on 25 August and was ended on the 5 September 2021. The matches were played at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza and the Ariake Arena. This was the fourteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.[1]
Twelve teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. From there it would be a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | GM | Gold medal match |
Twelve teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in Japan. The other eleven spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, three by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.[2]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | 1 | ||||
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 |  Lima | 3 | ||
| 2019 IWBF Men's European Championship | 28 August – 9 September 2019 |  Wałbrzych | 4 | ||
| 2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships | 29 November – 7 December 2019 |  Pattaya | 3 | ||
| 2020 African Zonal Championships | 1–7 March 2020 | Johannesburg | 1 | ||
| Total | 12 |
See main article: article and Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's team rosters.
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